posted on July 11, 2004 10:42:22 AM new
We have all kinds of things posted here, but I have yet to see this. So I am asking a question:
How many of you, if any, play a "fantasy" sport (football, baseball, hockey et al.) You know, the type where you "own" a professional team made up from players you have drafted, and compete against other people for a prize.
I used to "own" 10 different teams: 7 football, 2 baseball and 1 hockey. Now, I am down to just 1 football team. It is in a local league here, and we meet and draft together, watch a few games together a year, and generally have a good time. Does anyone else do this?
I am a sports fanatic: I am a rabid Red Sox fan, I have followed the Patriots since 1974, and because my family is originally from Quebec I follow the Canadians. I never go to live games anymore because it costs too much (the last game I saw was the Patriots vs Jaguars in the AFC Championship game that suffered a blackout: I won the tickets on a radio show), but I watch the Pat's and Sox whenever I am able to.
What sports do you "own" teams on, and do you play locally or on the net? How expensive is it to own one of your teams? We pay $30.00 a season, $15 of it for web fee's and $15 to sponsor a child overseas.
Well, there is my question.
In Christ,
Rick
Romans 5:8
"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I do not accept His claim to be God." That is one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic....or else he would be the devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."
C.S. Lewis: "Mere Christianity"
posted on July 11, 2004 10:46:38 AM new
I've never really seen the point of fantasy sports teams, myself.
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posted on July 11, 2004 10:59:51 AM new
Oh, I like real sports. I just don't understand the fantasy team thing.
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posted on July 11, 2004 11:04:15 AM new
Oh, I UNDERSTAND sports. I just never saw the fascination. There are just so many other more productive things to do.
Even sitting on your butt playing a video game is more productive in my mind than sitting on your butt watching someone else play a game.
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posted on July 11, 2004 11:09:38 AM new
I've never played the fantasy games. I used to be a rabid football fan but fell out when I was always out of town on the weekends. Still love to catch a Packer or Skins game when I can but living in SoCal those are few and far between.
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on July 11, 2004 11:10:58 AM new
Well, , my favorite sport is boxing, so in my case it is much more productive to watch it...
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posted on July 11, 2004 11:59:07 AM new
It's all about the money. Let's sit down and watch two gangs of millionaires go at it. Or better yet, let's make up our own teams of millionaires and pretend. Haha, I have the Trump card, I win.
But I understand, if you don't have a life you just don't have a life. And then there are the potential prison guards that just like to see sweaty males in a pile.....
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posted on July 11, 2004 12:22:27 PM new
Well, parklane, in one sense it may be about the money: I know I cannot afford to buy a team. However, it is for fun: just like playing video games, going to casino's, playing cards or going fishing. It's a relaxation for me. I have little free time anymore between work, school and family. It is my relaxation, just like some people who spend half their lives on the net for fun and frolic.
So, I hope someone else has fun with fantasy sports: or this will be one short thread......lol
In Christ,
Rick
Genesis 1:1
"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I do not accept His claim to be God." That is one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic....or else he would be the devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."
C.S. Lewis: "Mere Christianity"
posted on July 11, 2004 01:16:21 PM new
You know I tried to figure out fantasy teams but since we have our own fantasy team in Wisconsin it is hard to pick and choose players from other teams.
posted on July 11, 2004 08:16:06 PM new
Rick, I play NASCAR Fantasy Racing. Have done so 3yrs. I love it. Last yr. was my big yr. of winning. I won a total of $150.00
The checks were signed by Ted Turner Fonda"s Ex. I donated the money to Vietnam Vets against Kerry, along with the $125.00 I will be receiving so far this year.
I play in the cap league. It cost zero dollars. Unless you buy real time scoring.
posted on July 11, 2004 09:51:58 PM new
12 in the Fantasy Cap Challenge at the start of the racing season each player belongs to a league. Each player receives $100 dollars. From the $100 dollars he buys drivers worth from $1.00 to $40.00 up to build his team of 5 drivers. You must not go above the cap. You receive the same points each driver gets depending on were the drivers finish in the race. the points are added up to give the team score. That give you the team position in the league. As the drivers cap increases or decreases so does your cap. At the start of the season you have 5 free trades as long as you stay within your cap. Or buy trades which is taken from your cap. Four segments in a season. winner of each segment in his league receives $25.00 in winnings. When 2 segments are completed. The team with the most points wins $50.00. It repeats its self. You may also use the winnings to buy trades.
At the end of the season the team with the most points nation wide wins the grand prize. If I remember right was $5,000.
posted on July 11, 2004 10:25:54 PM new
12, football, baseball and hockey are run several different ways: it depends on what type of league you are in. It all starts with a draft of players from the sport you are choosing: usually it is serpentine in nature and can have from 10-40 rounds 9depends on the sport and type of rules in the league).
You play either head to head or rotisserie style. Head to head is one team vs another for a given period of time: usually a week of games. Rotisserie, you score points all week and at the end, add them up. The person with the most points is in first place, etc.
Points are based on player performances. In football, if your player scores a touch down, you score points. You get points for yardage, completions and everything.
If you go to espn.com and click on the fantasy link, they can explain it better. This is just an over view.
Fred, I have never done racing. It does sound interesting, though.
And Bunni, there is even a fantasy league for boxing out there as well.
In Christ,
Rick
Eph 2:1-4
"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I do not accept His claim to be God." That is one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic....or else he would be the devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."
C.S. Lewis: "Mere Christianity"
, my favorite sport is boxing, so in my case it is much more productive to watch it...
